2020 (Full Year) Global: Tesla Car Sales Worldwide

In full-year 2020, Tesla sales, production, and global deliveries of new cars worldwide were around half a million electric vehicles.

Tesla Model 3 red
In full-year 2020, Tesla sales, production, and global deliveries of new cars worldwide were around half a million electric vehicles.
Tesla Model 3 © Tesla

Tesla Car Production and Global Deliveries 2020

Tesla reported the following global production and worldwide delivery statistics for the full calendar year 2020:

20202019% Change2020
TESLAProductionProductionChangeDeliveries
Model S/X54,80562,931-12.90%57,039
Model 3/Y454,932302,30150.50%442,511
Total509,737365,23239.60%499,550

Tesla Global Car Sales in 2020 (Full Year)

In 2020, Tesla reportedly produced and delivered half a million vehicles, in line with the most recent guidance. In addition, Model Y production in Shanghai has begun, with deliveries expected to begin in early 2021.

In 2020, Tesla reported production of just over half a million vehicles — an increase of 40% from the number of cars produced in 2019. While production of the more expensive model S and Model X were 13% lower in 2020 than in 2019, production of the Model 3 and Model Y increased sharply by 50%.

Tesla Worldwide Car Deliveries in 2020 (Full Year)

In full calendar year 2020, Tesla delivered just shy of half a million cars worldwide. Global deliveries of the Model S/X were slightly higher in 2020 than production. Model 3/Y deliveries in 2020 accounted for nearly 90% of all Tesla worldwide sales in 2020.

Tesla claims delivery count should be viewed as slightly conservative, as it only counts a car as delivered if it is transferred to the customer and all paperwork is correct. Final numbers could vary by up to 0.5% or more. Tesla vehicle deliveries represent only one measure of the company’s financial performance and should not be relied on as an indicator of quarterly financial results, which depend on a variety of factors, including the cost of sales, foreign exchange movements, and mix of directly leased vehicles.

Global Worldwide Car Sales by Brand in 2020 (Full Year)

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Global worldwide car sales by brand in 2020 (Full Year):

“Sales” as reported by brands generally refer to deliveries and not necessarily sales to the customer and final registration. Terms and definitions may vary.

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Henk Bekker

Henk Bekker is a freelance writer with over 20 years of experience in online writing. His best-selling cars website has been reporting car sales statistics since 2008 with classic car auction prices focusing on the most expensive automobiles sold at public auctions in the past decade. He also owns the travel websites European-Traveler.com and Lake Geneva Switzerland. Henk holds an MBA from Edinburgh Business School and an MSc in Finance from the University of London.